Стр.108-109 Unit 7-8 ГДЗ Комарова Ларионова 11 класс

A Read the introduction below. Which type of media do you prefer — print or digital? Why?

B Now read the text. What fact about the history of printing do you find the most significant?

C Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

1. Today’s form of printing began:
   1. three millennia ago.
   2. in the 1450s.
   3. 1,000 years ago.
   4. a century ago.
2. William Caxton printed his first book:
   1. outside his homeland.
   2. in Germany.
   3. in Britain.
   4. in a foreign language.
3. According to the text, printing presses of Victorian times were manufactured using:
   1. wood.
   2. metal.
   3. colour.
   4. stone.
4. The Apostolos was special because it included:
   1. illustrations.
   2. daily news.
   3. religious texts.
   4. a year of manufacture.
5. A problem with colour illustration was:
   1. it was of poorer quality.
   2. it was too expensive to produce.
   3. it was banned by critics.
   4. it was too slow a process.
6. What people commonly use to print documents was developed in the:
   1. late 19th century.
   2. early 20th century.
   3. mid-20th century.
   4. late 20th century.
7. 3-D printing can create objects from any material as long as it is:
   1. sturdy.
   2. square.
   3. soft.
   4. smooth.

D Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

ink, translation, mass produced, durable, illustrations, cylinder, block

1. This book was originally written in Russian; what you are reading is a ______.
2. An image can be carved out of a ______ of wood which can then be used to make copies.
3. Books with hard covers are more ______ than paperback books.
4. This printing press uses a metal ______ that spins around rapidly and makes hundreds of copies per minute.
5. The printer ran out of ______ and was spitting out blank sheets of paper.
6. This children’s book has a number of ______ that help tell the story through imagery.
7. After books became ______ in the 15th century, they spread all over the world.

E Your voice Are there any magazines and newspapers that you enjoy reading? Which ones? Would you like to publish anything on your own?